Holder and delivery device.



J. B. KENKEL.

HOLDER AND DELIVERY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. 1914.

1,121,509, Patented Dec. 15, 1914 WITNESSES A TTOR/VEYS TH E NORRIS PETERS co PHDTQL'THO WASH-'NL --v I:

JoHnnnwm KENKEL, or GREAT FALLS, MONTANA;

HOLDER AND DELIVERY DEVICE.

Application filed January 20, 1914. Serial No. 813,186.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. KEN EL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Great Falls, in the county of Cascade and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Holder andDelivery Device, of which the following is a full, .clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a device for de-.

livering matches or toothpicks, and more particularly to a device in which the holder is mounted revolubly in a case-and has a chamber or chambers. to:contain the articles to be delivered,- and a means to locate individual articles from the mass, the idea being to. deliver thearticles singly or in small number, and in thecase oftoothpicks, an end being to avoid contaminating the mass of the picks and prevent contact of ones fingers: with picks other than the pick or picks to be appropriated. p

Objects of my invention are. to provide a device of the" indicated character, simple in construction andefiicient-in operation; to provide for accommodating a very large numberof toothpicks or matches in a comparatively small space; to provide for the convenient manipulation of the device by successive users; and to provide a discharge or outlet adapted to be conveniently positioned for the delivery of the articles.

My invention resides in certain novel features relating pricipally to the construction and arrangement of arevolving container chamber or chambers, and a complementary radial extension thereof so formeclas toretain and present individual toothpicks or matches; and it resides further in the manner' of revolubly moimting the container chamber or chambers in a casing or support. I i

The invention will be particularly ex plained in the specific descriptionfollowing. Reference is to be hadto theaccompanv ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a holder and delivery device constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary-detail in plan view of the revoluble structure, the view being given to indicate the adaptability of the device to hold an advertising card or the like; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail end view of a stop device employed in connection with the struc ture. r

In constructing a device in accordance with the illustrated example, a casing -10 is,

provided, desirably having a flat bottom to rest'on a table, counter, or other support,

- and presents a front side 10" and a rear side 10*, the latter being extended upwardly beyond the front side. Desirably the front side hasan upper portion 10 hinged as at 11,:and provided with a fastener 12 pivoted asat13, adjacent to the joint, tooverlap the latter, and provided with a finger hold or lateral offset 14F; the top of the casing is open. M i

In the case 310 is revolublymounted a holder 15, by means of a spindle16, in a manner hereinafterjmore particularly explained. The revolubleholder turns about the 'spindle 16 as an axis, and in addition to thehub portion thereof, a peripheral wall 17 is. provided radially outward from the hub, and radially or approximately radial partitions 17*, thereby providing a series'of Specification of Letters fatent. Patented Dec, 15, 1914,

chambers. 18, each adapted to receive a supply of toothpicks or matches, indicatedby the letter A. The chambers are provided with 'extensionsor pockets '19, disposed ramunicating with the latter. There may be oneior more. chambers 18 and the complementary extensions 19. Eachextension is desirably formed with an arched outer wall 20...

The sidewalls 21 of the throat establishing communication'between, the chamber 18 and its extension 19, are slightly convergent to contract the throat adjacent to the extension'or pocket 19. The outer wall 20 of dially outward from the chambers, and comthe pocket overhangs at each side beyond the side walls 21 of the'throat, and is given a form'to provide an elongated depression or retaining recess 23, adapted to hold one, or at least a very small number of toothpicks A. The extensions 19 and their retaining recesses 23 range transversely of'the revoluble holderrat intervals around the periphery of thelatter. An extension 19 is of less length than the peripheral wall 17 of the holder, and said pocket or extension has an openxend in the direction of the shorter side wall 10 of the case, said open end being thus depressed within the-adjacent end of the holder proper and its peripheral wall 17. Moreover the .extension 19. projects radially outward beyond the wall when the holder is turned to bring open top of the case.

By .the described construction, as the holder is revolved, the matchesor tooth- :picks A, when a chamber 18 is turned to the tll1'I1 to thechamber, but one .ormore of the toothpicks' will be crowded laterally into the retaining depression or depressions 23', and be thus retained in the .latter.v reason, of the depressed open discharge end,

' a toothpick or match Will lie'in the extension with an end projecting, as clearly shown in, Fig. 2, in position to be conveniently grasped and appropriated by the person manipulating, the device. The coni "ti-acted throat and the arched form of the outer peripheral wall 20 of the extension or pocket 19,0ontributes to the crowding of individual toothpicks ormatches radially into .the retaining depression, as will be readily understood. v I j I The overhanging sides of the walls 20 at the juncture of the same with the throat walls 21 present exterior reentrant recesses,

and opposed recesses are adapted to receive the ends of an advertising business card 24:

between each two extensions 19, so that the cards will be firmly but detachably held in place, and different cards will be successively presented to view in theturning of the holder.-

and 4:, the spindle 16 is rigidly held to a Referring more particularly to Figs, 2

. wall, as 10. of the case by forming a shoulder- 25 near one end of the spindle, and providing a screw thread 26 outward from the shoulder,the threaded end being adapted to 'be passed through the end wall of the case and to receivea clamping nut 27. Inner and outer washers 28', 29, may be employed on the spindle to give a better binding action on the case. a

The holder at the hub presents end disks 3'0, 31, on the spindle 16, these end disks having threaded engagement in theihub'of the revolving'holder so that the said holder will turn about the fixed spindle 16.

In order to provide a stop or brake to I arrest-the turning of the holder about the spindle, and locate a pocket or extension in proper position at the open top of the case, one end oftthe spindle is provided with a head 33, which is depressed within the'end ofthe hub, being accommodated in an end v chamber 32 in the said hub. The head 33 is formed with a peripheral series of depressions or notches'84, and a dog 35 is pivoted a pocket to the on the adjacent disk 31, so as to turn relatively to the fixed head 33. A lug or stud 37 on the dog 35 is'adapted to be pressed into an opposedtrecess by a retractile spring 38. Thus as the holder is turned by the operator taking hold of a wall 20 of the pocket, the dog 35 will turn about the head 33, the walls of thenotches 3% serving to engage the lug 37 of the dog 35 and force it out of the notch the action of the spring 38, however, is suflicient to prevent the accidental turning of the holder.

The hinged portion 10 of the side wall 10 affords access to the chambers 18 in succession, forchargi'ng the same with a supply oftoothpicks or matches.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as vnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

c 1. A holder and delivery device of the characterdescribed, comprising a reyoluble holder having a chamber, and a communicating extension radially outward from the chamber and having an end discharge.

2. A holder and delivery device of the character described, comprising a case, and.

a revoluble holder in the case having a chamber-and anextension on the chamber communicating radially therewith, said ex- J tension having an open end constituting a discharge outlet. j v 4 V 3. A holder and delivery device of the character described,comprising a case having an open top, and a holder revolubly l mounted between side walls of the case, said holder having a chamber provided with a peripheral wall, and an extension or'pocket complementary to the chamber and disposed transversely of the holder, the extension being radially outward from the chamber and its periphery and adapted to project beyond' oneof the side walls of the case, said. extension terminating at one end short of the adjacent end of the peripheral wall-of the chamber and being open at said end, the

outer "peripheral wall of the pocket being fixed, and'there being an elongated retain ing depression for individual articles at a side of the pocket.

4:. A holder and delivery device of the characterdes'cribed, comprising a revoluble. structure comprising a containing chamber provided with aradial extension or pocket having an arched, outer peripheral wall, a 1

throat leading from the chamber to the extension and having outwardlyqconvergent walls, and elongated depressions in theextension at each side adjacent to the outer end of the throat. I v a c 5. A holder and delivery device of the character described, comprising a case having an open top and presenting side walls, one of which projects upwardly beyond the other, a revoluble structure mounted in the case, said structure having a container iis chamber, and a radial extension complementary to the chamber said extension having an open end constituting an outlet adjacent to the shorter wall of the casing, and the extension being adapted to be positioned to plroject upwardly beyond the said shorter wal 6. A holder and delivery device of the character described comprising a revoluble structure having a container chamber, a radial extension to said chamber, a throat establishing communication between the c chamber and extension, said extension presenting an outer peripheral wall overhanging exteriorly beyond the sides of the throat and presenting reentrant recesses at the exterior.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN EDWIN KENKEL.

Witnesses:

W. J. BEEGHER, H. E. RANDALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

